The Cyberspace Conundrum
Big Think
Cyber security is posing a major threat to global stability, according to the 2012 Global Risks report. The subject will be on the agenda for the annual World Economic Forum meeting held in Davos later this week. Stories of cyberattacks from China ...
Big Think
Cyber security is posing a major threat to global stability, according to the 2012 Global Risks report. The subject will be on the agenda for the annual World Economic Forum meeting held in Davos later this week. Stories of cyberattacks from China ...
Washington Post
Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin has two local cyber-focused centers, but also depends on virtual connections, said Charles Croom, vice president of cyber security solutions in Lockheed's information systems and global services unit.
Cyber Security: Dr Ernest McDuffie lead for NICE initiative confirmed as a ...
PR Web (press release)
Dr Ernest McDuffie, the lead for the National Initiative for Cyber Security Education run through NIST and the Department of Commerce is confirmed as a keynote speaker for the Enterprise Cyber Security & Information Assurance Summit.
Government to form new body to oversee telecom and cyber security
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: India plans to set up a new body that will oversee telecom and cyber security to avoid overlap between various ministries and intelligence agencies that are currently handling this issue. Called the National Telecom Network Security ...
Facebook to Live Stream Official Data Privacy Day 2012 Event on January 26th
Sacramento Bee
23, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), a non-profitcybersecurity awareness and education organization and official coordinator of Data Privacy Day, today announced that it will celebrate Data Privacy Day 2012 by ...
ISC8 to Present at Merriman Capital, Inc.'s Investor Summit 2012 February 1, 2012
MarketWatch (press release)
23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- ISC8 , a provider of intelligent Cybersecurity solutions and supporting technologies, announced today that Bill Joll, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present at Merriman Capital, ...
CYBER SAFE: Technology has changed our world
Heritage Newspapers
By Kristin Judge Chances are you are not a cyber security expert. Well, neither am I. The last computer class I took was DOS programming in 1987. But my family and I do spend much of our time online, as I'm sure many of you do, and I now work for a ...
Heritage Newspapers
McAfee Issues Patch for SaaS Total Protection Flaw
ITProPortal
Cyber security firm, McAfee provided a patch for a bug present in its SaaS Total Protection software. This flaw allows spammers to convert protected systems to spam relays. SaaS Total Protection suite is a cloud based solution that is designed ...
Israel's hobbyist hackers cause a stir, but not much else
GlobalPost
Yitzchak Ben Israel, a military expert recently appointed to head the government's new cyber security task force, sounded exasperated when answering a giddy journalist's question on the same radio station. About the possibility that any of the rebel ...
GovWin Recon: Jan. 23: DOD/SDVOSB Award Bill Introduced; 1000
govWin (blog)
Contractors vie for edge in cybersecurity race [Capital Business] – Contractors' turns towardcybersecurity are evident in Booz Allen Hamilton creating a cyber solutions network and General Dynamics opening a new facility in Annapolis Junction, ...
$45 Million Funding Available for Scholarships for Cybersecurity Education
Targeted News Service (subscription)
23 -- The US National Science Foundation has announced that it expects to award a maximum of 30 discretionary grants for cybersecurity education. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $45 million, with a ceiling of $3.6 million for ...
Cyber threat to SMEs grows
The New Age Online
“The fact we've been invited to Brics is being seen that South Africa is key to the national interests of large superpowers, and this has an impact on cyber security.” Blaeser said organisations needed to take a risk-based approach.
Mykonos Software Raises $4 Million in Series A Funding
MarketWatch (press release)
"After 20 years of leading technology companies that sell to large enterprises, I believe that Mykonos' ability to use deception in cyber security could forever change the economics of hacking," said Jeff Clarke. Mykonos Software was recently awarded ...
With SOPA, Neelie Kroes played the waiting game
TechEye
"We welcome the progress made by the EU-US Working Group on Cyber-security and Cyber-crime, notably the successful Cyber Atlantic 2011 exercise. We endorse its ambitious goals for 2012, including combating online sexual abuse of children; enhancing the ...
TechEye
Jobs at risk as Selex plans Liverpool factory closure
LDPBusiness
“Cyber security is a major component of SELEX Elsag's strategy for business growth and an area of on-going investment to meet growing demand in the UK and elsewhere.” Selex's Liverpool Innovation Park (LIP) plant can trace its history back to the ...
New Release of Industry Leading Computer Forensics Product Further Enhances ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Forensic examiners, IT security professionals, litigation support personnel, incident response teams,cyber security specialists and corporate investigators, use IEF as an invaluable tool to aid in their investigative work. "We have spent a significant ...
CIBER to Sell Federal Division; Transaction Allows CIBER to Focus on Core ...
MarketWatch (press release)
CRGT also works across innovative technology domains, including secure mobile computing, multimedia-rich services, business intelligence and cyber security to support clients such as the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, ...
Internet can be dangerous to the unwary
Daily Nation
There is no doubt that cyber-crime has increased in recent years, and the government needs to employ more cyber-security professionals to safeguard citizens' private information. Hackers are usually motivated by two main factors.
SOPA Is Bad For Small Business
Forbes
The White House agrees that the SOPA bill is a little too extreme and does not currently “support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet.
Avineon Celebrates Twentieth Anniversary!
MarketWatch (press release)
... engineering support services as well as the Avineonics product suite, which applies business process management technology to disciplines including emergency management, drills and exercises, customer care, outage restoration, and cyber security.
NRC releases automotive electronics safety report New Technologies require ...
Search-Autoparts.com
Proliferating and increasingly interconnected electronics systems are creating opportunities to improve vehicle safety and reliability as well as demands for addressing new system safety andcybersecurity risks. By enabling the introduction of many new ...
Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Defence Minister Stephen Smith will ...
Invest in Australia
... shared concern such as developments in the Middle East, Iran, and the DPRK; efforts supporting stability in Pakistan and Afghanistan; regional architecture in the Asia-Pacific; Europe's sovereign debt crisis; cyber security and more," Mr Rudd said.
Q&A: World Economic Forum Davos 2012
BBC News
The once-a-year event has evolved into a year-round succession of regional forums in all corners of the world, plus a bevy of working groups bringing together key decision makers on global issues like cyber security, global risk, and fighting ...
BBC News
Human Rights Watch's Laura Pitter on Military Commissions–A Response
Lawfare (blog)
The matter at issue in the defense motion is whether DoD's normal cybersecurity procedures–screening for malware and the like–permits improper access to privileged communications and what procedures should be put in place to protect privileged defense ...
Malaysia and Indonesia boost marine and coastal ties
Malaysia Star
... with whom he discussed existing cooperation in science and technology. Both ministers agreed to closely collaborate and carry out joint researches in natural products, biotechnology, cyber security, marine and fisheries as well as food security.
How data breaches harm reputations
Lexology (registration)
Within the world of cyber security, a great deal of attention has been focused lately on the escalating hazards and frequency of data breaches, with considerable discussion on the high cost of such breaches. But as the industry has assessed the ...
Ilves Makes Official Visit to Sweden
ERR News
... two nations to be "among the EU's most responsible in regard to financial and budgetary policies" and said that both countries have a similar understanding of contemporary security threats, for example, the inevitability of upholding cyber security.
Continued Momentum on Cybersecurity Reform
By David Valdez
In December of last year I reported that Senate Majority Leader Reid and Minority Leader McConnell were in talks on how best to approach cybersecurity reform. Senator Reid expressed preference for a comprehensive and holistic approach, ...
CompTIA Blog
How to Fill a Hard-to-Recruit Job: IT Pro's with Cloud Computing and ...
By Abby Lombardi
One area that is growing within IT departments, particularly those with extensive cloud based software and applications, is cyber security. We took a look at a job ad for a Cloud Security Engineer job and some of the skills required, along with ...
Jobs. Trends. Insight.
Chemical Facility Security News: The Disclosure Debate ...
By PJCoyle
The apparent assumption behind the request is that since I am not a cybersecurity researcher, but rather a chemical facility security advocate, that I might have a different set of insights into the disclosure process. As I am almost always willing to provide my ... Any cyber-security contractor, ICS owner, or government regulator can use these tools to determine if a specific ICS installation is susceptible to attack using these vulnerabilities. There will be some installations where other ...
Chemical Facility Security News
Lockheed Martin · Cyber Security
The Wireless Cyber Security Center is one of only a handful of technology labs capable of testing wireless communications systems in a classified environment.
www.lockheedmartin.com/us/what-we.../cyber-security.html
Info/Law » Goldilocks and Cybersecurity
It may seem strange in a week where Megaupload's owners were arrested and SOPA / PROTECT IP went under, but cybersecurity is the most important Internet ...
blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/.../goldilocks-and-cybersecurity...
DHS cyber security operations see leadership changes ...
The Department of Homeland Security's cyber security organization saw the retirement of ... In a following post, Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity Mark ...
www.gsnmagazine.com/node/25449
Governor McDonnell Announces New Virginia Cyber Security ...
The Commonwealth is already home to more than 300 cyber security focused companies, with many of the largest leaders in IT and cyber security being ...
www.technology.virginia.gov/News/viewRelease.cfm?id=1087
Cyber Security Insurance Is in Your Future
"More Patient Data Risks, Lawsuits Predicted In 2012: The new year promises to bring greater patient data risks as healthcare organizations increase their use ...
sun.systemnews.com/articles/167/2/IT-Security/25253
Moving Forward with the Electric Sector Cybersecurity Risk ...
Since the January 5, 2012 launch of the “Electric Sector Cybersecurity Risk Management Maturity” program, a White House initiative led by the Department of ...
energy.gov/.../moving-forward-electric-sector-cybersecurity-ri...
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